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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Loose \Loose\ (l[=oo]s), a. [Compar. {Looser} (l[=oo]s"[~e]r); superl. {Loosest}.] [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. le['a]s false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. l["o]s, Goth. laus, and E. lose. [root]127. See {Lose}, and cf. {Leasing} falsehood.] 1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. [1913 Webster] Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc.; -- with from or of. [1913 Webster] Now I stand Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts ? --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment. [1913 Webster] 4. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture. [1913 Webster] With horse and chariots ranked in loose array. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning. [1913 Webster] The comparison employed . . . must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation. --Whewel. [1913 Webster] 6. Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right. [1913 Webster] The loose morality which he had learned. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 7. Unconnected; rambling. [1913 Webster] Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose and unconnected pages. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 8. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 9. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman. [1913 Webster] Loose ladies in delight. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 10. Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] {At loose ends}, not in order; in confusion; carelessly managed. {Fast and loose}. See under {Fast}. {To break loose}. See under {Break}. {Loose pulley}. (Mach.) See {Fast and loose pulleys}, under {Fast}. {To let loose}, to free from restraint or confinement; to set at liberty. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Loose \Loose\, n. 1. Freedom from restraint. [Obs.] --Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. A letting go; discharge. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] {To give a loose}, to give freedom. [1913 Webster] Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow. --Addison. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Loose \Loose\ (l[=oo]s), v. n. [imp. & p. p. {Loosed} (l[=oo]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Loosing}.] [From {Loose}, a.] 1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve. [1913 Webster] Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion ? --Job. xxxviii. 31. [1913 Webster] Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me. --Matt. xxi. 2. [1913 Webster] 2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit. [1913 Webster] Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife. --1 Cor. vii. 27. [1913 Webster] Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. --Matt. xvi. 19. [1913 Webster] 3. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict. [1913 Webster] The joints of his loins were loosed. --Dan. v. 6. [1913 Webster] 4. To solve; to interpret. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Loose \Loose\, v. i. To set sail. [Obs.] --Acts xiii. 13. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: loose adv 1: without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" [syn: {loose}, {free}] adj 1: not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel" [ant: {compact}] 2: (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball" 3: not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose" [ant: {tight}] 4: not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers" [syn: {informal}, {loose}] 5: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: {free}, {loose}, {liberal}] 6: emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" [syn: {lax}, {loose}] 7: not affixed; "the stamp came loose" [syn: {unaffixed}, {loose}] [ant: {affixed}] 8: not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope" [syn: {loose}, {slack}] 9: (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave" [syn: {loose}, {open}] 10: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue" [syn: {idle}, {loose}] 11: not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails" 12: having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood" [syn: {at large(p)}, {escaped}, {loose}, {on the loose(p)}] 13: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" [syn: {easy}, {light}, {loose}, {promiscuous}, {sluttish}, {wanton}] v 1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: {free}, {liberate}, {release}, {unloose}, {unloosen}, {loose}] [ant: {confine}, {detain}] 2: turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" [syn: {unleash}, {let loose}, {loose}] 3: make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" [syn: {loosen}, {loose}] [ant: {stiffen}] 4: become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" [syn: {loosen}, {relax}, {loose}] [ant: {stiffen}]